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What Program Do You Use To Design Your Web? has another good than dreamweaver ?

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I use various programs for scripting and creating images for a website. I've used notepad for many years and I also use webcoder 5. I use Photoshop CS, Paintshop Pro 7 and MS Paint for graphics. I thought of getting a flash program at one point in time, but realized that a lot of people can't even see flash. I dropped that idea... I would suppose that it depends on your taste in programs as to what you use. Lots of people just don't want to use PSCS or PS7 simple because they are somewhat complicated programs for some. I still use MS Paint a lot of the time. It helps when you need to do simple pixel work and you don't need all the bulk that comes with PS7 or PSCS... Not to mention it doesn't take as long to load...lol

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I use a a variety of programs. I always use Dreamweaver for my coding. I use Flash and Photoshop all the time though. Even when i'm not making a template, i still use them. I love creating new thingsin photoshop. Everytime you go into that program and fool aorund, you always get something new. I love it!

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Just a comment,Dreamweaver is great if you want lots of functionality & if you know how to clean up the "extra" html it 'dumps" in above the standard CSS etc. AND your goal is to to learn html coding it's the/a high end tool to use. If your an absolute newbie OR want to get a webite coded VERY FAST without learning any HTML, then you could use a program Like "SiteGenWiz". The author is in Switzerland. The download is fast. The price is very affordable $29 USD. And it produces a basic to intermediate website FAST. Has a FTP uploader, supports metatags, keywords etc. The program is a little short on documentation though & it will take some fooling around with to get you used to it. I guess the GUI is intuitive for some people but it really could use better docs. Otherwise it codes very well.Hope this helps!Cheers! ;) PS-I'm not affiliated with this co. in any way.

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i think frontpage is overcrossed for serious designers work!!! After a couple of months using it, i realised that he isnt good enought for my designers needs ;) Now i work with Dreamweaver MX 2004 and im completly satisfied!!! Dreamweaver rulezzz!! ;)Photoshop 8 is my choice of programs for picture editing...

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i am a notepad programmer so i guess i use notepad in most of my projects in school. i don't have anything against ide's, it's just that i find the notepad easier when i program. sure i use ide's when i'm in a hurry, and they give all the help you need, i particularly like the drop-down menus whenever i type some constructors and stuff.i also use photoshop, but since our pc got reformatted recently and my cd installer got destroyed, i'm currently holding on to gimp. it's not as elegant as photoshop, but for the purpose of editing a picture, it serves its purpose.

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I use Joomla! and GIMPshop to create my web sites. GIMPshop is a very easy to use graphic editor, and Joomla! is a very nice Content Management System. It lets me create my web sites the way that I want them. It has made managing a site a whole lot easier.

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I've used Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Paint Shop Pro 7, Adobe PhotoShop and Notepad before. I mostly use a combination of Frontpage and notepad. I use Frontpage or Dreamweaver to make the "Template" for my layout, make graphics with Paint Shop Pro 7 and Adobe, and then do the error checking for my code with Notepad. ;)I don't advice using Dreamweaver or Frontpage with out knowing some HTML first, because I dislike for the extra code the programs throw in that you don't need. Plus the fact that extra code can screw up your layouts and unless you know HTML it can be impossable to fix. :)

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photoshop for all my digital graphics and thats that ^_~ i also use Macromedia Dreamworks and am very happy with the results it gives me. " love creating new thingsin photoshop. Everytime you go into that program and fool aorund, you always get something new. I love it!" I know exactly what you mean man, everytime you make something it's different! :)

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I use Photoshop to design my site. After I get through with the design I slice it and then save it for the web. I then open it in Dreamweaver 8 to start with the coding. Then when I'm done coding I upload it using SmartFTP and then I'm done. I think Dreamweaver is really the best way to go for coding if you can afford the software. I think it's really helpful overall.

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